DIRECTIONS:
Chain 71. Dc in 5th chain from hook, * ch 2, sk next 2 chains of beginning ch and dc in next st *. Repeat from * to * across to end of chain. (23 squares). Chain 5, turn (counts as beginning dc and ch 2).

Work back and forth on grid, dc ch 2, dc - chain 5 at beginning of each row and end with a dc.

Find center square.

The ruffles are created by dc's - 5 dc on each ch 2 space and on each dc post. Sl st in beginning dc of your first 5 dc group. If you change colors, cut thread and hide under dc as you crochet. The outer row is created one of two ways:

In the pictoral sample, each blank space has 5 dc, remove hook from work, slip into center st of next 5 dc, draw crochet loop through and do 5 dc on next post.

The second way is to work 5dc on a blank post, sl st across next 5 dc and continue around.

In EACH corner, using either manner, you will sl st around the 10 dc that you made on the next to the last row.

When I do this as a solid colors (rather than changing colors on every row), I sl st across the first five dc of the finished row in order to get to the next row.